Munich. The round of 16 match between Austria and Türkiye is only expected to be shown with a subscription on MagentaTV. But then there is a free stream.
The last round of 16 of the European Championship is underway, Turkey is delivering an exciting duel with Austria. But if you didn’t get a ticket for the match at the Leipzig stadium, you’ll need a subscription to the MagentaTV streaming service. The game won’t be broadcast on free-to-air TV. Or?
This caused a misunderstanding in advance, as the Turkish fans wanted to watch the performance of the super talent Arda Güler and the Austrians also wanted to support their team. But while the game was already underway, it suddenly became clear that the game could be watched for free. A live broadcast of the game was carried out via Magenta Sport’s YouTube account. For free. More than 450,000 viewers took advantage of the amazing offer.
But how did this happen? “The response to our exclusive round of 16 match “Austria – Türkiye” was overwhelming and exceeded our expectations. That’s why we also show the match as a live stream in our ordering process, so that our customers don’t miss anything when booking the game,” said MagentaTV.
An overloaded registration server appears to be the reason for the free live stream. This also includes reports from X (formerly Twitter), where users complain about error messages.
German national team games on ZDF
The reason why these round of 16 will only be broadcast by MagentaTV is that the broadcaster Telekom is the only one authorized to broadcast all 51 European Championship matches of this tournament live. When it came to the public broadcasters ARD and ZDF also selecting their matches for the round of 16, they chose According to information from this editorial team, other priorities. ZDF, for example, chose the German national team’s game.
